Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners · SOC 13-1121

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Meeting, Convention, and Event Plannerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for meeting, convention, and event planners. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 295 metro areas

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$90,560	1,190	1.0
2	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$84,640	130	1.8
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$82,120	3,490	1.5
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$78,610	9,050	1.0
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$78,010	3,650	1.4
6	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$77,010	170	0.7
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$75,450	5,140	1.6
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$73,890	510	1.3
9	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$71,720	170	1.5
10	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$71,100	330	1.7
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$70,710	910	0.8
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$69,890	2,450	1.2
13	Napa, CA	$68,940	190	2.5
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$68,850	7,300	1.2
15	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$68,710	460	0.8
16	New Haven, CT	$68,070	200	0.7
17	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$67,550	110	1.2
18	Merced, CA	$67,350	30	0.4
19	Boulder, CO	$67,200	360	1.9
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$66,060	2,430	1.6
21	Salinas, CA	$65,460	200	1.0
22	Sheboygan, WI	$65,290	30	0.6
23	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$64,940	230	1.3
24	Worcester, MA	$64,910	300	0.9
25	Glens Falls, NY	$64,880	30	0.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.